Tie for rails.



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m FOB RAILS. v APPLICATION FILED MAR- 29, 19W,

1 9 1 0 2 w N d m m P DANIEL H. SNYDER, 0F SNYDEBVILEE, OHIO.

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' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. SNYDER, a citizen of the United. States residing at Snyderville, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties'for Rails, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ties for rails.

The object of my invention is to provide a combination metallic and wooden tie which will utilize odd sizes of wood as fillers upon which the rails will rest. I

My invention comprehends as another object means for clamping the rails to these fillers and metallic containers.

An additional object of my'invention is to provide means for utilizing a wooden or resilient filler in a plurality of positions so as to effectively use all parts of it.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top, plan view of my invention; Fig. 2 is v a central, vertical section of the rail and tie;

Fig. 3 is a modified construction shown with the tie and rail in section; and Fig; 4 is a top, plan view of the modified construction.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is a metallic casing for the tie of U-shape with the topopen, the bottom of the U resting on the ground. The cross section of this metallic casing is square. 2 represents an abutment placed at each end of the wooden filler 3. The wooden filler-3 is held in the metallic casing by the screws 4. The metallic casing is cut away at 5, asshown in Fig. 2, to allow the rail to "rest upon the wooden filler without coming in Contact with the metallic casing. 6 is a plate resting upon the wooden filler with arms 7, 7 projecting inwardly over the base of the rail to hold the rail upon-the filler. Each. metallic plate has an aperture 7', through which is inserted a large wooden screw with a square orhexagon'al head 8. In

applying this screw a hole -1S bored into the wooden filler and the wooden screw forced into it through the metallic p ate. In the first stage of connecting the to the wooden filler tocomplete the ection the wooden screw is screwed into the wooden filler to effect a close union between the metallic plate and the wooden filler. The wooden sore-u may also be threaded through the metallic plate, shown in the modified form in Fig. 3, Metallic plates of this char-- Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented NO 20, 191?, Application filed March 29, 1917. Serial No. 158,151.

acter are placed onboth sides of the rail, as Wlll be seen in Fig. 1. This prevents the rail from creeping'and from rocking.

Fig. 4 is a modified form in which thereis one solid plate member extending from the wooden filler to the web of the rail across the base of therail instead of a plurality of fingers. i

It will beseen that in both forms the rail is placed asymmetrically on the resilient filler,

spective faces of the block and then turn it end for end and wear asimilar number of faces of the wooden block;

While I have shown and'described one embodiment of my invention it will be un derstood that the same has been chosen for purposes of illustration only, and that I i do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in theart.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by.

Letters Patent, is

In atie, the combination, with a metallic container having parallel sides, of a resilient filler located in said containervand also having parallel sides closely fitting the sides of said container, a rail resting on said filler but placed thereon away from the longitudinal center of said filler, said container having portions of its sides cut away under said rails, abutments for said "fillers, said abutments 'comprisingangle pieces in said container, fitting the ends of said filler and having bolts passing through the sides of said container, screws passing through the sides of said container and into said filler, clamps having arms above said rail base and headed screws passing down through said clamps into said filler.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

DANIEL H. SNYDER.-

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